EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE

Ingrédients

• 1 1/2 cups plain flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup plain thick yogurt
• 125 g butter, room temperature
• 1 tsp soda bicarbonate
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• little extra butter for greasing
• 100 ml fresh cream
• 100 g dark chocolate, chopped

Préparation

1. 1

   Preparation of the Eggless Chocolate Cake:

2. 2

   Preheat the oven at 180°C.

3. 3

   Grease a round 10" or 12" cake tin. Sprinkle a bit of flour into it and move the tin around at all angles till the tin is coated with flour. Turn the tin upside down and bang it over the sink. The excess flour will come off. Or just line the tin with a greaseproof paper.

4. 4

   Sieve the flour, cocoa, salt and soda bicarbonate together.

5. 5

   In another bowl cream the sugar and butter till it is light, fluffy and pale in colour.

6. 6

   Add the vanilla extract and yogurt. Mix well.

7. 7

   Add the flour mixture and fold in with a spatula or a spoon till all the flour has been mixed in. Do not over mix at this point as the mixture may become glutinous.

8. 8

   Pour the batter into the prepared tin. Level out the top gently with a spatula.

9. 9

   Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or till the cake is done.

10. 10

    A toothpick or knife or fork inserted in the middle of the cake should come out clean.

11. 11

    Remove the cake from the oven. Leave it in the tin for 10 minutes.

12. 12

    Remove the cake from the tin. Run a spatula around the edge of the cake.

13. 13

    Place a plate over the tin. Turn it over. Put the plate doen on the counter top.

14. 14

    Tap the bottom of the tin gently. The cake should come out onto the plate.

15. 15

    Place a wire rack over the cake and turn it over with the plate.

16. 16

    Let the cake cool down completely on the wire rack.

17. 17

    --- Preparation of the Chocolate Ganache: ---

18. 18

    Add the cream in a heavy bottomed pan. Place the pan over low heat.

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    Heat the cream, stirring it all the time, till it becomes hot. You don't want it to boil.

20. 20

    Take the pan off the heat.

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    Add the chocolate and whisk till the chocolate melts completely.

22. 22

    Let the ganache cool down completely before pou°ring it over the cake.